Officials for the United States met with the Chinese regarding the origin of the tainted heparin that sparked a rash of allergic reactions and several dozen US deaths lately but failed to reach an agreement …

With more than $2 trillion of goods imported into the US from 150 countries each year and 62 recent deaths attributed to tainted heparin coming from China, there is increasing public demand to know where, …

In a new twist to the ethical issues Merck Inc, faces over Vioxx (rofecoxib), the company’s one-time best seller that was pulled from the market in 2004, because it became closely associated with patient heart …

The FDA has joined forces with Malt-O-Meal to identify the cause of contamination while state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working to identify other cases of the disease …

Three flavors in the product line manufactured and distributed nationally by Total Body Essential Nutrition of Atlanta contain dangerously high amounts of the mineral selenium, as much as 200 times or more the amount listed …

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released some important statistics that reveal the number of heparin-related deaths before and after the recent recall of heparin and heparin-related products manufactured and/or distributed by …

In the last few days, three new countries have joined the growing list of nations recalling heparin, the popular blood-thinning medication that has made headlines around the world in recent weeks due to contamination of …

On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to grocers to remove from their shelves all cantaloupes shipped from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a melon-processing company located on the Pacific coast in southern …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding consumption of cantaloupes from Honduras. According to the agency, cantaloupes originating from Agropecuaria Montelibano, Honduras-based grower and packer, appear to be linked to Salmonella …

China’s State Food and Drug Administration has issued a directive to the makers of heparin and heparin-related products to purchase supplies from only registered suppliers and to strengthen quality control standards. The safety of the …